Disaster Recovery of Core Systems

Definitions

Disaster Recovery: The ability of an organization to respond to a disaster or an interruption in services by implementing a disaster recovery plan to stabilize and restore the organization's critical functions immediately after a disaster.

Policy statement

Missouri State University shall have a formal disaster recovery plan for core centralized information systems. It will be based on risk assessments of critical elements of the infrastructure, as specified in the Risk Assessment and Management Policy, in order to effectively prepare and respond to a crisis or disaster that may fully or partially disable the University's information systems. The plan will provide for the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the University's data. The disaster recovery plan will be reviewed and tested by the Information Security Unit of Computer Services periodically.

Each department with separate information systems is responsible for developing and maintaining their own disaster recovery plan in consultation with the Information Security unit of Information Services.

The required core services disaster recovery plan for Missouri State University will address the following events: